Mudslide preparation - Blackened hillside

In Anaheim Hills and other scorched areas, crews rushed to prepare hillsides for a storm forecasters said would bring the most rain the region had experienced in more than nine months.

In Anaheim Hills and other scorched areas, crews rushed to prepare hillsides for a storm forecasters said would bring the most rain the region had experienced in more than nine months. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

In Anaheim Hills and other scorched areas, crews rushed to prepare hillsides for a storm forecasters said would bring the most rain the region had experienced in more than nine months.